Timeline: Croatia - A Chronology of key events - Croatia, the War ...

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crimes tribunal on charges of killing Croatian Serbs in
1990s. They deny the charges.
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crimes tribunal on charges of killing Croatian Serbs in
1990s. They deny the charges.
2008 April - NATO summit in Bucharest invites Croatia
to join alliance. Final status expected in 2009.
2008 April - NATO summit in Bucharest invites Croatia
to join alliance. Final status expected in 2009.
2008 October - Government announces major drive
against organised crime following a series of killings
linked to the mafia.
2008 October - Government announces major drive
against organised crime following a series of killings
linked to the mafia.
2008 November - European Commission says Croatia
is likely to end accession talks by 2009 and become a
member by 2011, but demands tougher action against
corruption and organised crime.
2008 November - European Commission says Croatia
is likely to end accession talks by 2009 and become a
member by 2011, but demands tougher action against
corruption and organised crime.
2008 - Croatia declares a protected fishing and
maritime zone in the Adriatic, straining relations with
neighbours. It soon backtracks, saying the zone will not
apply to EU members. In December, EU neighbour
Slovenia blocks Croatia's progress because of a border
row dating back to the former Yugoslavia.
2009 February - Slovenia threatens to block
neighbouring Croatia from joining the EU in a
continuing dispute over borders.
2009 February - Slovenia continues to block
neighbouring Croatia from joining the EU in a
continuing dispute over borders. The block, affecting
about one third of negotiating chapters, remains in
force until October 2009.
2009 April - Croatia officially joins NATO. 2009 April - Croatia officially joins NATO.
2009 -May - A Croatian court convicted an opposition
lawmaker, Branimir Glavas, of war crimes, making him
the country's first senior politician to be held
responsible for wartime atrocities against Serbs during
the 1991-1995 war in Croatia. Glavas was sentenced
to 10 years in prison for war crimes against civilians.
2009 June - The European Union cancels the next
round of EU membership talks with Croatia, citing a
lack of progress in resolving a long-standing border row
with neighbouring Slovenia.
2009 – June - Serbia's war crimes court convicted
Damir Sireta, a Serb national, for the execution-style
killings in Vukovar of some 200 Croatian prisoners of
war in 1991 during the 1991-1995 war in Croatia. Sireta
was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
2009 June - The European Union cancels the next
round of EU membership talks with Croatia, citing a
lack of progress in resolving a long-standing border row
with neighbouring Slovenia.
2009 July - In a surprise move, Prime Minister Ivo 2009 – July - In a surprise move, Prime Minister Ivo